While the sight of a hazy, smog filled cloud looming over the cityscape is certainly enough to break the heart of any would-be outdoorsman, it turns out that breathing in that pollution just might do so -- quite literally.

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Obama's decision to pull the plug on stricter smog pollution standards has the environmental community reeling. It's pretty clear to observers that the move marks an unabashed cave-in to powerful business

Rick Perry, the governor of Texas who succeeded George W. Bush, announced that he'll be joining the list of GOP presidential candidates last Saturday. And he wasted no time in trying to set himself apart from the pack by outlining some extreme, Tea

There are a number of ways to try to shut down a coal plant: Citizen petitions, grassroots movements, legislative maneuvering, and big, banner-laden activist protests. Usually it takes a combination of all of the above

Yes, it's true that our air -- especially in smoggy cities like Los Angeles -- has gotten cleaner since important environmental legislation was passed back in the early 1970s. The EPA and the Clean Air Act have helped

The line gets drawn somewhere, folks. Lately, I've been receiving a bunch of comments asking me to lay off the Tea Party. One quipped that "it's not like every person who believes in personal accountability and

This is your mission, should you choose to accept it: you are a biofuels researcher, diligently seeking a solution that can take mankind into the post-industrial revolution, an era of alternative fuels that are both sustainable

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...not Going Far Enough & Too Many Loopholes
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO, which is a part of the United Nations) has finally gotten its act together and agreed on regulations for for cargo ships (not only a huge

Just the sight of smoggy, polluted air looming over a cityscape is often enough to make one feel a bit down in the dumps, but apparently breathing in the stuff is only making things worse. Study after study into the effects of

As the New Jersey legislature votes to ban fracking, some word on what the EPA is doing to minimize the environmental damage which could be caused with unregulated hydraulic fracturing: Natural Gas Watch

For the Finn's, having a sauna is as essential as a cottage is to Canadians. So what could be more natural than a celebration of saunas. Just the ticket in Turku, a Finnish coastal city that is a European Capital of Culture for